June 2018

Blockchain, the vaguely-defined technology known to support a number of legitimate cryptocurrencies, can be implemented in many different ways. For some organizations, particularly start-ups or certain non-profit groups, it may be cost-prohibitive to engage a third-party vendor in a widescale blockchain deployment. Further, some commercial blockchain implementations may be downrightRead More →

Octal notation is a method for representing permissions within Unix and Unix-like systems (think Linux). At least three integers form part of this format, and each digit corresponds to the sum of its component bits in binary representation. This notation never produces ambiguous combinations and each sum represents a specific set of permissions.Read More →